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1. Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: Billg@warwick.net (Bill Gerhold); Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 17:32:22 -0800; As per my previous msg, I will soon be installing an inverted "L" and of course I must install ground radials. Question: Do the ground radials need to be un-insulated or insulated. The way I look at; /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00264.html (7,223 bytes)
2. Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: otterstad@enter.vg (ragnar otterstad); Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 09:57:09 +0100; WA2AEH: I used one of those from my last OZ8RO QTH, i.e. W1BB design some 58 meters long with series capacitor at the feed point. The radials were abt 2 meters above ground to allow people to walk un; /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00267.html (7,361 bytes)
3. Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: k8do@email.msn.com (k8do); Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:06:29 -0500; Your insulated wire will work just fine.... Get down enough radials and don't waste any time worrying over insulation / gauge / etc... These details have zero effect.... Insulated wire resists corros; /archives//html/Topband/2001-01/msg00270.html (6,960 bytes)
4. TopBand: Ground radials (score: 1): Author: wb8jkr@juno.com (Mark S Graalman); Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 20:13:33 EST; I'm going to be SLOWLY trying to improve my never to be better than poor ground radial system, I have about 3000 feet of teflon covered 24 gauge wire that I thought I'd use for the radials since the; /archives//html/Topband/1998-12/msg00122.html (7,340 bytes)
5. TopBand: Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: wb8jkr@juno.com (Mark S Graalman); Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1998 15:59:13 EST; To all who responded: Thanks for all the input on the ground radials, the answers were as I expected. I have tried the "staple to the ground" method however, I do a lot of leaf raking every year and; /archives//html/Topband/1998-12/msg00138.html (7,090 bytes)
6. Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: "Fred Cresce" <fcresce@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 07:36:18 -0500; Hello Fellow TopBand ops, I have a small "wonder" vertical on my wooded lot. And I would like to construct an inverted L , also needing a ground screen. There's about 50 radials for both antennas alr; /archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00069.html (7,349 bytes)
7. Re: Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: kb9cry@comcast.net; Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:18:56 +0000; Fred, I've had the same problem with my radials for the 4 square and the shunt fed tower on 160M. Both myself and the dog can't seem to pick up out feet until the grass overgrows the wires. And trust; /archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00070.html (9,825 bytes)
8. Re: Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: Jon Zaimes AA1K <jz73@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 10:28:05 -0500; Hi Fred, A long time ago at a QTH not too far away, I had a 100-ft shunt-fed tower for 160 in the middle of a large yard. I buried 200 radials that were 70 feet long on the north and south sides, 136; /archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00071.html (11,472 bytes)
9. Re: Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 07:51:54 -1000; Hi Fred and all, I am using a power edger to cut slots in the lawn, and then another tool to jam the radial wire down into the slot. It is a lot of work. I think it will be worth while, because then; /archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00072.html (8,190 bytes)
10. RE: Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: "R. Earle Sanders" <nt7y@xmission.com>; Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 16:31:45 -0700; HI... I HAD ESSENTIALLY THE SAME SET UP WITH MY GROUND RADIAL SYSTEM. HERE'S IS HOW I SOLVED IT/ FIRST THING I DID WAS TO SET THE LAWN MOWER FOR AS SHORT A CUT AS IT WOULD GO. ONCE OVER THE LAWN AND; /archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00073.html (9,722 bytes)
11. Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: "Fred Cresce" <fcresce@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:28:31 -0500; Well, Thank you everyone, MOST suggestions were very good, except one. Must be a fire bug type of person. I now have several avenues to take to reduce the hazards in the back yard. I like the elevate; /archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00074.html (7,454 bytes)
12. Re: Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: "Donald Chester" <k4kyv@hotmail.com>; Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 00:09:41 +0000; ...It looks like I have to use a LOT more sod clamps every couple of feet to nail down these radials, before I destroy my entire RF system. Are there other ways to create a ground screen? ... The har; /archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00077.html (9,027 bytes)
13. Re: Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: "Gene Smar" <ersmar@comcast.net>; Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 23:32:57 -0500; Fred: I agree with Phil. It sounds like you need more staples closer together. I made my own staples (for half a mile of radial wire) out of wire shirt hangers from the dry cleaners. I did the same t; /archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00080.html (11,353 bytes)
14. Re: Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: "on4kj" <on4kj@skynet.be>; Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 11:58:34 +0100; Avoid galvanised wire at all costs. Zinc is highly -- Due to the non linearity of the diode formed by corrossion of two different metals, like zinc and copper, or alu. High in the air on bad antennae; /archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00083.html (8,865 bytes)
15. Re: Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: "Doug Waller" <NX4D@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 12:17:36 -0500; My research indicates that these dissimilar metal reactions can *only* take place in the presence of air & moisture (the electrolyte). One year old copper radial to aluminum plate connections, pre-t; /archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00087.html (8,358 bytes)
16. Re: Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: tttt ccccc <k3hx@juno.com>; Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:55:44 -0500; OM, Here is how I solved the problem. I went to a thrift store and got a working electric lawn edger. I used it to cut slots in the sod about an inch deep. Poked the wire into the slots. The slots "h; /archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00094.html (10,398 bytes)
17. Re: Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: n0tt1@juno.com; Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:33:04 +0000; ON4UN's book has a photo and (I think) plans on building a kind of "sled" that can be pulled along with a lawn tractor or human power (gasp!)....might be worth a look. Chicken wire - even if a bit r; /archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00095.html (8,571 bytes)
18. Re: Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: Ken Brown <ken.d.brown@verizon.net>; Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 18:00:58 -1000; One year old copper radial to aluminum plate connections, pre-treated with petroleum jelly, are still less than one DC ohm, still shiny. I wonder what resistance would be considered too much? No argu; /archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00097.html (8,710 bytes)
19. Fw: Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: "Larry Higgins" <n9dx@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:42:34 -0800; take If I'm not mistaken, moisture must be present, but not air. A wet cell can be overfilled with electrolyte and therefore have no air, but it will still work just fine. Your use of petroleum jell; /archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00098.html (8,176 bytes)
20. Re: Topband: Ground Radials (score: 1): Author: Herb Schoenbohm <herbs@vitelcom.net>; Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:12:00 -0400; The best way to lay down a ground system in my view is to rent a small "Ditch Witch" for the weekend and specify you want the vibrating plow attachment. The vibrating plow blade is hollow and the cop; /archives//html/Topband/2003-11/msg00100.html (9,981 bytes)

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